Sunflower//blackaged

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Abigail:My sunflowers are growing very well,I am very happy.

Shariel: I'm very happy and excited because my sunflowers are growing very fast.

Sriram: My sunflowers are growing pretty well and i wish it would grow faster.

Kim: I think that the sunflowers are growing very well...Wishing that it could grow faster.

Jia Hao: I think that the sunflowers are growing very well and I hope it would grow taller.

Ying Xuan: Yay!!!! My sunflower seeds are growing shorter than my partner's Singapore seeds..

~Grow Green~ 6:24 PM

NICHOLAS: The sunflower seeds are very cute

NEHSHAN: My sunflower seeds have grown very tall.I think they are very nice.

ANDY: My Taiwan sunflower seed is very short and ugly:(

JAMIE: My Singapore sunflower seed is very tall and nice.

JOO TING: I think my Singapore seed are very nice!

CLAUDIA: My sunflower seeds were very short!

Happy April Fool's Day!

~Grow Green~ 6:24 PM

Leng Hwee: I am looking forward to this Friday's lesson with the Taiwan pupils. :)

Justin: I can't wait to see my sunflower!

Jia Yun: I'm looking forward to the next video conference. My sunflower is doing well. :)

Ainul: I am very happy that my sunflower is growing well! :)

Kelly: I look forward to this Friday's Video Confrence and I am glad my sunflower is growing well. :)

Kun Ming: I hope my sunflower grows well! :)

~Grow Green~ 6:23 PM

Thalia:This project is very fun!

Fatimah:I am enjoying myself in this project and I get to make new friends!!=)

Jia Wei:I am feeling very excited to see how much my sunflower seed has grown!:)

Jing Yun:I am feeling very exicted to see my sunflower growing:]

Yong Zhang:I think this is a good experience for me!

~Grow Green~ 6:22 PM

Monday, March 30, 2009

Planning

In your own pair in each school, discuss how you want to carry out the experiment.
Guiding questions:

• What is the aim of the task?
• State your hypothesis. (A prediction of the results of the experiment)
• Make a plan of your experiment to test your hypothesis.
• State the methods and the materials that you will use.
• To ensure that your experiment is a fair test, you should change only 1 variable and keep the rest the same. (Variable – a condition of the experiment).
• What are the concepts involved?

Post your plan onto the wetpaint blog that are assigned to your group. By 03/04/09, there should be 3 plans in your assigned blog, one from each school. You are then encouraged to give your comments and feedback to the other team members by posting onto the web discussions in the assigned blog.

~Grow Green~ 2:53 AM

Overview of Problem Based Learning (PBL Lesson 1)

Hello to all students taking part in this Grow Green project. We are now setting you a task. This task will require you to solve a question.

There are 4 stages in this task. The planning, doing, checking and action stage respectively. The timeline is as followed:

1) Overview of our PDCA. (30/03/09-03/04/09)
2) Planning (P) (30/03/09-03/04/09)
3) Do (D) (06/04/09-10/04/09)
4) Check (C) and Action (A) (13/04/09-24/04/09)

You will be sharing your findings and experiences during the Skype lessons.

You have been put into pairs. Each pair will have access to a wetpaint account. You will collaborate with students from the other 2 schools to devise an experiment to solve the question.

Remember, you will be assessed for teamwork and content via the wetpaint blog.

Are you ready for the question?

Question
Devise an experiment so that half of the flower is coloured red and the other half is coloured blue.

Materials that will be provided for in the doing stage:

• 3 stalks of flowers
• red coloured dye
• blue coloured dye
• 2 beakers
• water

~Grow Green~ 2:28 AM

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Here's a preview of what we have done during the first lesson

~Grow Green~ 5:43 AM